Abraham de Moivre.

Abraham de Moivre (May 26, 1667 in Vitry-le-François, Champagne, France – November 27, 1754 in London, England) was a French mathematician famous for de Moivre's formula, which links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697, and was a friend of Isaac Newton, Edmund Halley, and James Stirling. Image File history File links French mathematician Abraham de Moivre. ... Image File history File links French mathematician Abraham de Moivre. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... Vitry-le-François is a commune of the Marne département, in France. ... Champagne is one of the traditional provinces of France, a region of France that is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the regions name. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the British city. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... De Moivres formula states that for any real number x and any integer n, The formula is important because it connects complex numbers (i stands for the imaginary unit) and trigonometry. ... Wikibooks Algebra has more about this subject: Complex numbers In mathematics, a complex number is an expression of the form where a and b are real numbers, and i is a specific imaginary number, called the imaginary unit, with the property i 2 = −1. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Trigonometry Table of Trigonometry, 1728 Cyclopaedia Trigonometry (from the Greek trigonon = three angles and metro = measure) is a branch of mathematics dealing with angles, triangles and trigonometric functions such as sine, cosine and tangent. ... The normal distribution, also called Gaussian distribution, is an extremely important probability distribution in many fields. ... Probability theory is the mathematical study of probability. ... The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... Sir Isaac Newton, PRS, (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727] was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor, and natural philosopher who is generally regarded as one of the most influential scientists in history. ... Edmond Halley. ... James Stirling may refer to: James Stirling (mathematician) (1692–1770) James Stirling (engineer) (1835–1931), locomotive engineer James Stirling (architect) (1926–1992) James Stirling (Australian governor) (1791–1865), Admiral Sir James Stirling, Governor of Western Australia James Hutchison Stirling (1820–1909), British (Scottish) philosopher James Stirling (academic), Professor of Mathematical...

The social status of his family is unclear, but de Moivre's father, a surgeon, was able to send him to the Protestant academy at Sedan (1678-82). de Moivre studied logic at Saumur (1682-84), attended the Collège de Harcourt in Paris (1684), and studied privately with Jacques Ozanam (1684-85). It does not appear that De Moivre received a college degree. For other uses of Sedan, see Sedan (disambiguation). ... Saumur is a small city and commune in the Maine-et-Loire département of France on the Loire River, with an approximate population of 30,000 (in 2001). ... Jacques Ozanam (1640 - April 3, 1717) was a French mathematician. ...

de Moivre was a Calvinist. He left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) and spent the remainder of his life in England. In an unadorned church, the 17th century congregation stands to hear the sermon. ... The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France to grant French Protestants (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. ...

Throughout his life he remained poor. It is reported that he was a regular customer of Slaughter's Coffee House, St. Martin's Lane at Cranbourn Street, where he earned a little money from playing chess. Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ...

He died in London and was buried at St Martin-in-the-Fields, although his body was later moved. This article is about the British city. ... St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Interior of St Martin-in-the-Fields St Martin-in-the-Fields and Charing Cross, circa 1562 The ceiling of the café in the crypt St. ...

De Moivre wrote a book on probability theory, entitled The Doctrine of Chances. Probability theory is the mathematical study of probability. ... The Doctrine of Chances is a book on probability theory by 18th-century French mathematician Abraham de Moivre, published in 1733. ...

See also

• Normal distribution
• Stirling's approximation

The normal distribution, also called Gaussian distribution, is an extremely important probability distribution in many fields. ... The relative difference between (ln x!) and (x ln x - x) approaches zero as x increases. ...

References

• H. J. R. Murray. History of Chess. Oxford University Press, 1913, p 846.

External links

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson. Abraham de Moivre at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
• de Moivre, Abraham
• Abraham de Moivre from the 1911 Britannica
• Moivre [De Moivre, Demoivre], Abraham De